Conservative Party of Guatemala

The Conservative Party, nicknamed the Bacos, was a conservative political party in Guatemala that was founded in 1830. The party opposed social and economic change, preserving the power of wealthy landowners and the Catholic Church in opposition to the Liberal Party of Honduras. The party gained power in 1839 under the caudillo Rafael Carrera, but the party lost power after Carrera's death in 1865, failing to find a charismatic replacement for Carrera. In 1871, the liberals gained power, and their economic powers led to many conservatives defecting to the liberals.